Likud Yisrael Beiteinu Explained

Likud Yisrael Beiteinu
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Leader1 Title:Chairman
Leader1 Name:Benjamin Netanyahu
Founded:25 October 2012
Dissolved:9 July 2014
Blank1 Title:Alliance of
Blank1:Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu
Ideology:Revisionist Zionism[1]
Secularism[2] [3]
Economic liberalism[4]
Conservatism
Russian-speakers' interests[5]
Position:Centre-right to right-wing
Seats1 Title:Knesset
Country:Israel

Likud Yisrael Beiteinu[6] (Hebrew: הליכוד ישראל ביתנו; often referred by the Israeli media as Likud Beiteinu,) was an electoral alliance formed in 2012 by the center-right Likud and the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu to contest the January 2013 Knesset elections.[7]

History

On 25 October 2012, several days after the decision to dissolve the 18th Knesset, and after the decision was made to hold general elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman convened a joint press conference in which they announced for the first time that their respective parties have established an electoral alliance in preparations for the 19th Knesset elections to be held in January 2013. Four days later, the Likud's Central Committee approved the decision.

According to Lieberman, the decision was made two months before it was announced.[8]

Initially the move encountered opposition from a number of prominent Likud members, led by Michael Eitan, who referred to the move as "the Likud's destruction",[9] nevertheless, after the approval of the move by the Likud's Central Committee he stated that he accepts the decision of the committee.[10] Eitan later failed to win re-election to the Knesset after performing poorly in a Likud primary election and being placed in an unrealistic spot on the party's election list.

Of the 31 seats won by Likud Beiteinu joint list, 20 were members of Likud and 11 of Yisrael Beiteinu.[11]

The electoral alliance was unpopular among both Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu.[12] [13] In November 2013, it was reported that both parties would be holding discussions on whether to end their partnership. According to Haaretz, "the alliance stoked anger among senior Likud politicians, both because of the historic change and the high price the party ostensibly paid...."[14] Efforts by Yisrael Beitenu to formally merge with Likud after the election were rebuffed by Likud activists who worried about the effect an influx of organized new power centers could have on their own influence in the ruling party.[15]

The alliance was officially dissolved on 9 July 2014.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20061108011348/http://www.yisraelbeytenu.com/ Yisrael Beytenu
  2. Web site: Lenience within the Halakha (religious law) . Beytenu.org . 25 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090801235244/http://beytenu.org/107/1172/article.html . 1 August 2009 .
  3. Web site: Regarding religious issues in Israel, the party does not call for the separation of religion and state. . Jewishvirtuallibrary.org . 25 April 2010 . 6 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206162010/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/Yisraelbeitenu.html . live .
  4. Web site: Yisrael Beiteinu supports the advancement of free-market economic policies . Jewishvirtuallibrary.org . 25 April 2010 . 6 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206162010/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/Yisraelbeitenu.html . live .
  5. Web site: Israel: Background and Relations with the United States. Fas.org. 25 April 2010. 10 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510103806/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33476.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: הליכוד – ישראל ביתנו בהנהגת בנימין נתניהו לראשות הממשלה . Knesset.gov.il . 2017-02-27 . 2012-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121212180458/http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections19/heb/list/List.aspx?ListId=119 . live .
  7. Web site: Williams . Dan . Israel's Netanyahu, Lieberman merge parties for ballot . . 2012-10-25 . 2017-02-27 . 2017-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170310171200/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-elections-idUSBRE89O18Y20121025 . live .
  8. Web site: ליברמן: "ההחלטה על האיחוד התקבלה לפני חודשיים" – פוליטי – הארץ . Haaretz.co.il . 2017-02-27 . 2018-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180201194449/https://www.haaretz.co.il/1.1850811 . live .
  9. Web site: היוזמה של השר איתן: סיכול האיחוד עם ישראל ביתנו – וואלה! חדשות . News.walla.co.il . 2017-02-27 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002935/http://news.walla.co.il/?w=%2F9%2F2579602 . live .
  10. Web site: ישראל היום | האיחוד יוצא לדרך . Israelhayom.co.il . 2012-10-30 . 2017-02-27 . 2016-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160514125623/http://www.israelhayom.co.il/site/newsletter_article.php?id=22877 . live .
  11. Web site: Edmund Sanders . Netanyahu officially asked to put together new Israeli government . . 2013-02-02 . 2017-02-27 . 2013-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203080225/http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-netanyahu-asked-to-put-together-new-government-20130202,0,2826558.story . live .
  12. News: Haviv Rettig Gur . Haviv Rettig . 24 October 2013 . The calm before the political storm . The Times of Israel . 18 March 2015.
  13. News: Yifa Yaakov . 26 October 2012 . Substantial opposition within Likud and Yisrael Beytenu to new alliance . The Times of Israel . 18 March 2015.
  14. News: Jonathan Lis . 11 November 2013 . Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu expected to soon go their separate ways . Haaretz . 30 June 2015.
  15. News: Haviv Rettig Gur . 5 January 2014 . Hurting in the polls, Yisrael Beytenu looks to its future . The Times of Israel . 30 June 2015.

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